Oakland Estuary Plan, Oakland, CA

ROMA worked with a 27-member advisory committee and the City of Oakland and the Port of Oakland in a collaborative effort to prepare a waterfront plan for more than 5 miles of Estuary shoreline on the water side of I-880 bracketed at one end by the seaport and at the other by the airport. The purpose of this planning effort was to knit these waterfront lands back into the city, reclaim them as an integral part of the city fabric and create new opportunities for urban redevelopment to occur. The plan called for the creation of a system of open spaces and parks and proposed a variety of uses and transformations to strengthen Oakland’s position as an urban center and accommodate growth and development that complements the downtown and adjacent neighborhoods.